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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump frequently criticized Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. But now, Trump’s family has found themselves in a server scandal of their own. In a letter to Congress Tuesday, FBI director James Comey revealed he had opened an investigation into Trump’s 10-year-old son, […] Read more

Just a week removed from the revelations that a professor in the Glenn Korff School of Music was running an illicit steroid ring in the halls of Westbrook Music Building, the school has been hit with another scandal. Recently uncovered documents have revealed that Dr. Alexander Smith, the senior faculty member in charge of experimental […] Read more

The latest round of emails released by Wikileaks has revealed that Sesame Street icon Cookie Monster receives a salary from Nabisco, manufacturers of some of America’s most popular cookie brands such as Oreo and Chips Ahoy! The revelation has thrown into question the integrity of one of America’s most cherished institutions. In the leaked emails […] Read more

Controversy struck longtime “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek this week as reports surfaced that he has been confirming the correct answers with notes and cue cards instead of simply knowing every answer. “Jeopardy,” a trivia-based game show, asks contestants to respond to Trebek’s hints with the correct subject being hinted at. When a question remains unanswered, […] Read more

Following the release of the Panama Papers- a series of documents exposing world leaders’ offshore tax havens- a local satirical publication’s newsroom was let down. Hours into digging through document after document, The DailyER’s staff failed to find any reference to its publication. However, it did find potentially incriminating evidence against ranking state officials in […] Read more

Area weatherman and television personality Dan Summers was fired from the KLNK newscast this past week after a team of industry insiders discovered a pattern of deliberate misinformation in Summers’ reporting. Since at least 2011, Summers reported lower-than-true temperatures every Tuesday morning in the months of January and February in order to lower the price […] Read more

Four months into his term as Nixon Senior High Class President, Larry Giles has come under fire for accusations that he is not living up to his lofty campaign promises. The 18-year-old who ran on a record of mock trial excellence and five consecutive semesters as an honor roll student also assured donors that he […] Read more

Professor Badlye had a lot of explaining to do to his second wife this week, when his information was leaked alongside millions of other names on Ashley Madison. Badlye, a renaissance studies professor, came under fire for having an account with the website meant for coordinating extramarital affairs. “I’m telling thou, all I was trying […] Read more